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Old 07-18-2005, 02:19 AM   #1
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Making Disk RAID


I have two hard drives i want to make raid of them but i don't know that how to physicaly connect them and which software is required so i need a tutorial that tell me how to make disk raid starting from the scratch.
 
Old 07-18-2005, 02:54 AM   #2
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You can keep your connection as such for the software RAID.
Which distirbution are you using?
If you are using SUSE, goto YAST and make 2 parttions as Linux RAID.
Then select "Create RAID" . Add these 2 RAID partitions.

You have to choose what kind of RAID you want?
Since you have 2 harddisks you can choose RAID0 (improves performance)
or RAID1 (mirroring).

now a new device /dev/md0 will be created. Mount it.
Your RAID is ready!

After rebooting I faced some problems with SUSE 9.2 . I am trying to solve it now.
let me know if this works...
 
Old 07-18-2005, 05:56 AM   #3
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isn't there a raid controller required in this case?
 
Old 07-18-2005, 09:52 AM   #4
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No hardware Raid controller is required for linux software raid. As long as linux can see the drives, they can be set up as a software Raid.
 
  


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